Anime watch orders, one line per franchise

Pick a series and follow its line: every season, film and OVA in the order to watch it, the filler you can skip, and the manga chapter where the anime stops, so you know where to pick up the story.

How long will it take you to watch?

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453 hours

All of One Piece released so far: 1,180 episodes, about 453 hours. At 3 episodes a day, that's 393 days, about 13 months. Main story without filler: about 417 hours, or 362 days, about 12 months.

Episode counts as of October 25, 2026. Times come from each series' watch-order page; filler counts from Anime Filler List.

TV season Film or special OVA or web series Optional or announced Each line is one franchise; each station is an entry, in release order.

Watch orders

How to read a watch order

Release order or story order

Release order is the order the seasons, films and OVAs first came out in Japan. Story order follows events on screen, so a prequel moves ahead of the series it explains. Release order is the safer first watch, because later entries assume you know earlier twists. Where the two differ, each page draws both and lets you switch between them.

Filler, mixed and anime canon

Filler is story the anime made up that doesn't come from the manga or novels. Mixed episodes blend source chapters with new scenes, so skipping them can cost you part of the plot. Anime canon is original material that still fits the story. Pages count all three separately and list the filler you can skip, episode by episode.

Where the anime stops in the manga

Long shows rarely adapt the whole manga. Each page names the last chapter the anime adapts, from the publisher's own volume listings where they exist, and the volume to start reading next. When no official source maps episodes to chapters, the page says so and names who reported it.

How each order is checked

Dates, episode counts and chapter numbers come from the anime's official site, its broadcaster and streaming service, and the manga publisher. Where those stay silent, the page says so and names the secondary source it uses instead. Each page shows the date its facts were last checked. Rai Ansar runs the site and fixes mistakes readers report; the method page has the details.